by NC Aquarium Intern Tori Junkin Almost two years ago a Kemp’s ridley named Fin became a patient at the STAR Center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island. Coming in from a possible boating accident, Fin has come a long way and still has a ways to go. When she was...

By NC Aquarium Intern Alex Sykes In July, the STAR center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island held their second release of the summer in Nags Head! Three turtles were ready to go home: Neptune, Artemis and Otter. Neptune This year was our worst cold stun event to...

(Post shared by Buster Nunemaker from the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island). To see some great pictures of the release please visit OBX Life Photography, we are very grateful to them for capturing all of the great moments!! (Unfortunately we are having issues with...

Shared By RANDI CLARK, Communications and Marketing Advisor at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center (photos compliments of Shooters at the Beach) Four sea turtles from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island received CT scans at the Sentara Kitty Hawk campus...

The new STAR Center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island is keeping very busy this winter! We said goodbye to 11 sea turtles on Sunday! Aquarium staff helped get this group down to the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, then the Coast Guard released them...

Cold Stun Season Has Begun…a little early…but now we have the STAR Center and we are ready! It was a 48 degree, blustery day on November 21 when the call came out from the hotline about a turtle being found. 9:45 AM A Hatteras Island N.E.S.T. responder receives...